Termination of Employment: Quick Facts

There are five potentially fair reasons for dismissal: capability, conduct, redundancy, legal restriction and “some other substantial reason”. Potentially Fair Reasons for Dismissal

Although employees normally need to have a minimum of two years’ continuous service in order to be eligible to bring a complaint of unfair dismissal to tribunal, there is a list of inadmissible reasons for dismissal which entitle the employee to bring a claim regardless of length of service. Dismissals that are Automatically Unfair

“Capability” as a reason for dismissal is defined as the employee’s “skill, aptitude, health or any other physical or mental quality”. Capability